57.6% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 50.9%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yulara · Urban Centre
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people have finished high school here than in most similar areas, making Yulara a place where 57.6% of residents have completed Year 12. This level of schooling has risen by 6.6 points since 2011, putting the area well above the Northern Territory average.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is a highlight for the area, sitting well above the Northern Territory's 49.8% and nearly matching the national figure of 58.8%.
57.6% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Yulara, Year 12 is the majority at 72%; Year 10 is next at 13%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 18.4% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas. While this has grown since 2011, it remains well below the figures for both the Territory and Australia.
18.4% ▲ +23.4%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Yulara, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most common in management and commerce at 21%, followed closely by food, hospitality and personal services at 19.5%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yulara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721018/yulara/topic/education